Wiccan Magick: Inner Teachings of the Craft

Like any great teacher, Raven Grimassi talks about why magick works, as well as how to do it right. He focuses on the mystery tradition of witchcraft, digging into the earliest roots of this ancient religion. Wiccan Magick covers a lot of ground in a short book, and in the hands of a less competent author could have become a mere glossary of the subject, but Grimassi does a wonderful job of fitting the pieces together into a remarkably detailed whole, working from general concepts like the history of witchcraft to specifics like the inherent magical properties of herbs and crystals, and finally delving into the primal forces that empower ritual magic. What Grimassi has created isn't necessarily a handbook to be memorized, but a book that helps revitalize the spiritual forces behind Wiccan rituals through a better understanding of the fundamentals of the tradition. --Brian Patterson